Unum Group (UNM): Today's Featured Financial Winner

Unum Group was a winner within the financial sector, rising 32 cents (1.3%) to $24.49 on heavy volume.

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Unum Group ( UNM) pushed the Financial sector higher today making it today's featured financial winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Unum Group rose 32 cents (1.3%) to $24.49 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 2.9 million shares of Unum Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.9 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $24.36-$24.72 after having opened the day at $24.55 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $24.17. Other companies within the Financial sector that increased today were: Altisource Residential Corporation ( RESI), up 17.3%, Jefferson ( JFBI), up 10.6%, Elbit Imaging ( EMITF), up 10.4%, and Icahn ( IEP), up 9.2%.

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Unum Group, together with its subsidiaries, provides group and individual disability insurance products primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. Unum Group has a market cap of $6.65 billion and is part of the insurance industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 7.6, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 16.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate Unum Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and nine rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Unum Group as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.